Wordle

Wordle is a funny exciting website. It changes texts into colorful clouds of words. You can make your own cloud choosing your favorite colors, font, and layout. The words appear in different sizes depending on their frequency in the text.

In the classroom the teacher can use this technique as a motivating activity. For example, in the warm up activity the teacher can present a cloud of words related to the context of the lesson and the students guess what the text is about. Another idea is to present a cloud at the end of the lesson and the students can use it to write a paragraph using the words in the cloud. One more idea is to present a cloud for the students which is taken from a certain poem, story, or even a novel and the students' homework is to guess or search for the text the cloud is taken from.
However, this website is not always useful. Sometimes there is not enough time to use this technique in the class. Also, if it is used regularly the students may feel bored of it. The last weak point i want to mention is that it cannot be downloaded; the teacher has to make a screen shot and use it or print it out on paper.